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GAINSBOROUGH

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Overview

GAINSBOROUGH (noun)
  The noun GAINSBOROUGH has 1 sense:

1. English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)play

  Familiarity information: GAINSBOROUGH used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


GAINSBOROUGH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gainsborough; Thomas Gainsborough

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)


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